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March 17, 2021
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JAMDA
February 5, 2021
Pharmacologic Treatment for Hypoactive Delirium in Adult Patients: A Brief Report of the Literature
The purpose of this report was to identify medications that can be used to treat hypoactive delirium.
JAMDA
August 1, 2020
A Successful Diabetes Management Model of Care in Long-Term Care Facilities
The management of diabetes in long-term care (LTC) facilities requires facility staff to perform most self-care activities on the behalf of the residents. A practical model of care to improve diabetes management was developed and implemented at 6 LTC facilities in the Northeast United States between 2009 a...
JAMDA
January 1, 2014
Management of Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension
The burden of orthostatic hypotension (OH) on public health is a universally recognized enigmatic clinical condition that is associated with significant increases on morbidity and mortality rates, and can take a major toll on one's quality of life. Orthostatic hypotension is predictive of vascular dea...
JAMDA
December 2, 2015
Slow Stream Rehabilitation: A New Model of Post-Acute Care
To identify characteristics and outcomes of elderly patients admitted to a slow stream, low-intensity, and long-duration inpatient rehabilitation (SSR) program after an acute hospitalization because they were unable to tolerate traditional inpatient rehabilitation.
JAMDA
January 21, 2016
Burden of Potentially Harmful Medications and the Association With Quality of Life and Mortality Among Institutionalized Older People
This study investigated the overlap among 3 different definitions of potentially harmful medication (PHM) use and the corresponding associations with resident quality of life and mortality.
JAMDA
January 23, 2014
Clinical Uncertainties in the Approach to Long Term Care Residents With Possible Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is arguably the most common infection in the long term care (LTC) setting. Making the diagnosis of UTI and deciding when to initiate treatment with antimicrobial therapy is a challenge to all LTC providers. Widespread prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria, lack of an accepted...
JAMDA
June 25, 2021
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness is Associated With Malnutrition, Dysphagia, and Vitamin D Deficiency in Older Adults
Both excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and nutritional deficiencies are common and can cause similar negative consequences, such as falls, and cognitive impairment in older adults, but there is no study investigating the relationship between the two. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationshi...
JAMDA
February 16, 2021
Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors Prognostic Benefit in Older Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARB) have shown antiarrhythmic effects that are useful as part of the upstream therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF), both for primary and secondary prevention. Nevertheless, the potential prognosis value of these drugs in te...
JAMDA
May 3, 2021
Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Parkinson Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Anxiety and depression are major psychiatric nonmotor symptoms (NMSs) of Parkinson disease (PD). Although several studies have investigated the effects of psychotherapeutic interventions, particularly cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), for alleviating anxiety and depression in patients with PD, the findin...
